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Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited

Hong Kong, Hong KongSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 289358

Filed as ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS ASIA PACIFIC LIMITED

Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, registered since 2017, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 27, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2017
$15,458,144,476
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited located?

Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited's principal office is in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, according to its Form ADV.

Is Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited registered with the SEC or a state?

Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 289358.

How much does Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited manage?

Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited reports $15,458,144,476 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 27, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $27,328,825,073 in the October 2021 data and $15,458,144,476 in the October 2026 data, down 43%. Total employees: 124 in October 2021 and 118 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (54); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (10); other investment advisers (5).

Which custodians does Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited use?

Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon (The) and HSBC Continental Europe S.a.,germany as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/289358

What changed in Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited's recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$15,458,144,476

$15,458,144,476 as of October 2026, filing dated May 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $15,115,162,080.Non-discretionary: $342,982,396.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 54 Assets $13,803,030,279 (89%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 10 Assets $795,416,970 (5%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $286,897,962 (2%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 5 Assets $376,048,462 (2%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $176,691,990 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $20,058,813 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 118. Performing investment advisory functions: 59.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Bank of New York Mellon (The)HSBC Continental Europe S.a.,germany

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$27.3B 2021 $31.4B 2022 $22.5B 2023 $15.2B 2024 $13.2B 2025 $15.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$15,458,144,476118May 27, 2026
October 2025$13,197,464,146122June 17, 2025
October 2024$15,225,723,328124August 9, 2024
October 2023$22,461,188,401116June 8, 2023
October 2022$31,387,362,097123March 30, 2022
October 2021$27,328,825,073124July 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $27,328,825,073 in the October 2021 data and $15,458,144,476 in the October 2026 data, down 43%.

Total employees: 124 in October 2021 and 118 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. June 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 64 to 59.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $13,197,464,146 to $15,458,144,476 (+17%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited (CRD 289358): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/allianz-global-investors-asia-pacific-limited-hong-kong-289358